[1] The word of the Lord which came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days
of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of
Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel. [2] The start of the word of
the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife
of loose ways, and children of the same, for the land has been untrue to
the Lord. [3] So he took as his wife Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and
she gave birth to a son. [4] And the Lord said to him, Give him the name of
Jezreel, for after a little time I will send punishment for the blood of
Jezreel on the line of Jehu, and put an end to the kingdom of Israel. [5]
And in that day I will let the bow of Israel be broken in the valley of
Jezreel. [6] And after that she gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord
said, Give her the name Lo-ruhamah; for I will not again have mercy on
Israel, to give them forgiveness. [7] But I will have mercy on Judah and
will give them salvation by the Lord their God, but not by the bow or the
sword or by fighting or by horses or horsemen. [8] Now when Lo-ruhamah had
been taken from the breast, the woman gave birth to a son. [9] And the Lord
said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not
be your God. [10] But still the number of the children of Israel will be
like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in
place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to
them, You are the sons of the living God [11] And the children of Israel
and the children of Judah will come together and take for themselves one
head, and will go up from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.
